What a warrior. What a Pope. twenty-six years ago, when John Paul II became Pope, what dilemmas he faced. An insurmountable mountain, some would say. “Have courage.” That’s what he said to the world and that’s what he personally displayed fighting fires all over the world. Communists had taken over eastern Europe and big red Russia was not making idle threats to [...]
That’s just one of so many things they just don’t understand. Canadians are aging. Elderly persons are heavy consumers of health care. In the past 30 years, we have aborted 2.5 million children, some of whom could have been doctors by now. Will “they” ever see the connection? It was recently reported that in a very few years, the majority of Canadians [...]
Rory Leishman Could the tragic death of Terri Schiavo have occurred in Canada? Most certainly. Under the laws of Ontario, a mentally handicapped patient in her condition can also be sentenced to a slow death by starvation and dehydration. Most Canadians have drawn up “living wills” to prevent some misguided physician from subjecting them to heroic measures that will only prolong the [...]
Delegates support traditional marriage, but ‘wimp-out’ on abortion In the beginning The founding convention of the Conservative Party of Canada marked the beginning of a new phase in the pro-life movement’s - specifically Campaign Life Coalition’s - political efforts on behalf of the unborn. It also most definitely ended another era. In the years immediately following the 1988 Supreme Court of Canada [...]
Marc Cardinal Ouellet has launched a real renewal in the Catholic church of Quebec since his inauguration as archbishop of Quebec City and primate of the church in Canada. Right from the beginning, at his inaugural sermon in January 2003, he called Quebecers to conversion, to come back to the faith of their fathers or, he warned, they will die as a [...]
I had a dream recently, in which I wished that I had taken my camcorder to bed so the whole world would be able to see it in living colour. It was Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. secretary of state, racing into President Bush’s office at the Crawford Ranch in Texas, yelling: “George! It’s Paul Martin! The prime minister of Canada! He’s been [...]
With all the publicity on marriage in recent times, I felt an inclination to write an article on the Catholic teaching regarding the sacrament of marriage, but I did not feel that I had the ability to adequately express it. So I did some research on recent pamphlets and came across an excellent article in a pamphlet entitled, “True Marriage a Lifelong [...]
On February 28, a month before the due date, my wife Christina was induced. Our family physician and the ob-gyn had determined that at 36 weeks, the child inside her was likely to be fully developed. There is a 96 per cent chance that the child’s lungs are fully developed at 36 weeks and a 98 per cent chance at 37. Waiting [...]
In kicking off the debate on the government’s civil marriage act, Prime Minister Paul Martin declared: “I stand before members here today and before the people of our country to say that I believe in and I will fight for the Charter of Rights.” That’s typical of Martin. Instead of advancing any reasonable explanation for his newfound determination to enact same-sex “marriage” [...]
I have been very busy recently I had not written an article for the March Issue of The Interim. But, when I read the shameful attacks on Bishop Fred Henry in the secular newspapers my conscience took over and I decided to stay up late and write in defence of His Lordship. Bishop Henry’s defence of “True marriage” is not based only [...]
Doreen Beagan It says on the radio and TV and in the papers: the majority of Canadians support same-sex “marriage.” Also on the radio and TV, and the premise of many comedy routines, is: the majority of Canadians hate George Bush. But I don’t. I believe same-sex marriage” is an oxymoron and I’m glad George Bush holds the same view. War is [...]
The Vatican phoned! It was a prelate in the cardinal’s office in charge of totally disastrous situations. I learned that I had just been appointed grand inquisitor! There hadn’t been a grand inquisitor appointed since the Spanish Inquisition. Here I was, a humble layman and my job was to address a serious case of heresy affecting Canada. I was provided with amazing [...]
Christina Tuns My Darling Baby: Over the past couple of weeks I have been reminded how quickly one can go from saying I can’t wait for this pregnancy to be over to I just want to be pregnant as long as possible. A couple of weeks ago during one of my regular doctor’s visits, we discovered that my blood pressure was a [...]
On Jan. 20, the National Post reported that the Women’s Secretariat, an agency of the federal government that focuses on women’s issues, has called for scholarly papers on the effects of polygamy on women and children which it says could become a legal reality now that Canada is on the verge of approving same-sex “marriage.” Later that day, Stephen Harper suggests that [...]
Roy Leishman Consider the following pronouncement: “Homosexual conduct constitutes a moral problem in four ways: it violates the will of God as an offence against the proper expression of sexuality in monogamous marriage; by misuse of natural functions, homosexual activity is a sin against the self; since it involves at least one other person of the same sex, with or without his [...]